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BioLite BaseCamp Stove | Turn Fire into Electricity by BioLite β€” Kickstarter

BioLite BaseCamp Stove | Turn Fire into Electricity by BioLite β€” Kickstarter: I love it. But only 62 hours to get in on the KickStarter offer. They are at twice goal with $800k+ and 3,000 backers. Yes, it was DARK in Miami, when Hurricane Andrew came through South Miami/Homestead on August 24, 1992. Well, afterwards really. It would be weeks before most of us would get power. So bar-b-q grilling was the norm. That was…

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Strong Copyright Law supports journalism and more

This is a great editorial by Caroline Little (June 8, 2014) on the value of good journalism and the part that IP law plays in supporting good journalism:TBO: news-opinion-commentary/strong-copyright-law-supports-journalism-and-informs-communitiesWe totally agree. The parallel problem is with pirating, knock off, and just plain duplication. It Is hard to make money on something, when most of the copies sold are illegal sourced or counterfeit.The additional problem, now, is that everyone has a license to write, the solo…

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Our planet is at a point of crisis – Leonard Pitts – Newsday

Our planet is at a point of crisis – Leonard Pitts – Newsday: Leonard Pitts is going to get some hate mail out of this article. But, sadly, its all true. The only are that could be clarified a bit is the 97% of scientist agree. I think the agreement is that there is global warming, it drops way off to 80% or so of those scientists who believe that humans are primarily the cause….

The belief that our patent system is broken is patently false | freep.com … Broken as designed?

The belief that our patent system is broken is patently false (guest column) | Detroit Free Press | freep.com: This is a very interesting article by David Kappos (IP attorney and director of the USPTO). Intellectual Property, especially patents, is a critical foundation of the US economy and of our entrepreneurial proficiency. But we shouldn’t take it for granted. That’s why some of the IP, Hi-Tech companies have joined together into an American alliance of…